dirkdeman

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by dirkdeman 15y ago
Thanks for clearing that up, I was not aware that PayPal had such a big presence in the UK. What I meant with the second quote though is that, although I know PayPal is a universal payment provider, it lacks the reputation that brick ´n mor
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
I'm sure it's not that important if it's empty or private. They want to get a sense of the type of person you are, as they're funding people, not ideas. Anything that can help them knowing you better could be important, but I would't worry
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
Maybe it's me, but I don't think it is that bad. Yes, you see the occasional trolls, but it's nowhere near as bad as Techcrunch or Reddit or whatever. There was a post about some guy wanting to move to SV asking for a place to crash, and he
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
I don't think it's a matter of aesthetics vs safety, or onsite vs third party (I'm Dutch). Yes, I agree that third-party redirects don't appeal to many users, but the same goes for a payment form hosted on your site. You have to understand
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The new geek chic: Celebs lend star power to Web start-ups(latimes.com)
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Darwin, ca: a mining town stuck on the shoulder of the information superhighway(framework.latimes.com)
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
I started a little catering business on the side. Italian and French cooking is a passion of mine, and I had this plan of starting a catering business. While it is a fun side project, I came to the conclusion that I wouldn't want to do it f
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
This particular job posting not only failed to mention one single thing that would appeal to me (or any well-thinking person for that matter), but it also agitated me. Listing the stack is an attribute, not an advantage. So is the location,
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
Amsterdam: no car. Ede (more, well, rural): definetely.
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
"In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to get interrupted by some idiot doing it" I don't live in SF, but if I were, I'd give you a call. Good luck and let us know how it worked out!
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
I guess it could be done, but is our PSU beefy enough to power a couple of HDD's?
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
It sure looks good, but c'mon: 1600 bucks for a notebook with average components?
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HP envy 14 spectre review: Pretty but expensive(reviews.cnet.com)
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
Haven't actually built an app yet, but two minor things come to mind about the pricing page: - the comparison chart has red marks and dashes. Red = no. Green = yes. I'd use green checkmarks. - $29 a month is an odd pricing to me. I don't ge
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
Man, I wish I had your focus when I was in high school! I chose a different career path, then chose another, only to roll in the tech scene by accident. But you know what: I don't regret the choices I made, they all taught me valuable thing
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
Anandtech has an excellent piece on SSD's, which really helps you understand how they work, which ones are good and which ones aren't. http://www.anandtech.com/show/2738 Even though the piece is from 2009, it still is very relevant.if you
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Mac OS 1986 as iPhone skin(fastcodesign.com)
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
Books... not so much. I have another idea: you could check out an MVC-framework like codeigniter or CakePHP. There are numerous tutorials about them, and they give you the added benefit of working with an MVC pattern (knowledge you can use
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
It's not just the jet stream, the rotation of the earth plays a big role, too. If you're flying against it, your trip will take less time than if you were flying in the same direction.
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
Zend developed the Zend Engine, a virtual machine. PHP4 is based on the Zend engine. Zend is more than just the framework, it literally is the core of PHP.
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
It took them long enough! In 2008 They voted 14/9 against short array syntax, even though a key user group voted 17/3 pro...
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
They also improved the zend engine, CURL extension, added Tokyo cabinet abstract and Berkeley DB Support! Added a couple of hashes, Improved JSON Extension (JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK!) and a whole lot of bug fixes. The UTF-8 part was long overdue,
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
I understand it's not the best foundation for healthy co-foundership, but it presents an opportunity too. You'll be exposed to a very valuable network, funding and loads of likeminded people. You have to decide if you want to put up with Jo
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
Santa Monica is becoming a sort of tech hub in the Southland: http://www.forbes.com/sites/maureenfarrell/2011/05/20/the-si... Not sure about the rents, though. Santa Monica isn't cheap, Orange County is a bit more affordable, so are San G
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
< http://www.getskeleton.com or < http://www.html5boilerplate.com These are nice libraries, but don't use them in your finished product unless you make substantial changes. The same happened when everybody began using bootstrap fo
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What happened next?(jamesaltucher.com)
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
It's not a bad idea, and I guess it depends on how much you would have to pay. Although I can imagine that the engagement of 'bought' users is less, there is also something called social proof. If your app attracts 1000 new users in the fir
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
I'm all in favor of making the passwords as secure as possible for your users, but I hate it when I'm dictated how my password has to look. For less than critical accounts I always use the same password, which is easy to remember to me. If
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
I’m fearing this will going to look like a personal ad, but here we go anyway. Who am I? I’m Dirk, a 32 year old Dutch jack-of-all-trades. I have a background in communications/PR, taught myself to hack (PHP mainly, Python OK too) some 7-8
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by dirkdeman 15y ago
Like the idea! I agree that the webpage needs some improvements. I'd get rid of the white stucco pattern, and I noticed that you have four videos, three of facebook apps and the fourth about an android app. For me, that would be the first t

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